CN216255706U - Size-adjustable shoes - Google Patents

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CN216255706U
CN216255706U CN202122224451.1U CN202122224451U CN216255706U CN 216255706 U CN216255706 U CN 216255706U CN 202122224451 U CN202122224451 U CN 202122224451U CN 216255706 U CN216255706 U CN 216255706U
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The utility model discloses a pair of size-adjustable shoes, which comprise soles with separable front sections and rear sections of the soles, vamps connected to the soles corresponding to the front sections and the rear sections of the soles and size-adjustable devices arranged on the front sections and the rear sections of the soles for adjusting the spacing distance between the front sections and the rear sections of the soles, wherein each vamp comprises a surface piece and a bottom piece, each vamp is a sock vamp integrally knitted and formed, each vamp is provided with an elastic telescopic section which integrally divides each vamp into a front palm section and a heel section, and the elastic telescopic section corresponds to the separation position between the front sections and the rear sections of the soles in the section of the bottom piece. The vamp of the size-adjusting shoe is complete and non-breaking, and the size-adjusting shoe can be adjusted in a telescopic mode.

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Size-adjustable shoes
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of shoe products, in particular to a size-adjustable shoe with adjustable length.
Background
The size-adjustable shoes are shoes with adjustable length to adjust the size, the shoes with the function are shoes which are usually worn by children and teenagers, because the feet of the children and the teenagers are in continuous growth period, the shoes which are combined with the feet when purchased are likely to be squeezed out of the feet after passing two seasons, the shoes are uncomfortable to wear, the shoes are not damaged and cannot be worn unfortunately and wastefully, so that a plurality of shoe product designers carry out the research and development of the size-adjustable shoes, but the size-adjustable shoes exist in some simple shoes such as slippers at present, the shoes which can completely wrap soles of the feet are not sold in the market, mainly because various problems can not be practically applied, such as the problems of breaking of uppers, breaking of soles, adjusting devices and the like, therefore, the inventor of the utility model carries out the research and development design of all parts of the shoes aiming at the realization of the size-adjusting function, the method is used for generating the same.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to provide a size-adjusting shoe which is complete and free of disjunction and can realize telescopic shaping adjustment.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: the utility model provides a transfer sign indicating number shoes, includes the sole of separable sole anterior segment and sole back end, corresponds the vamp that sole anterior segment and sole back end were connected on the sole and sets up the accent sign indicating number device of interval distance between adjustment on sole anterior segment and sole back end, the vamp includes surface piece and bottom surface piece, the vamp of knitting fashioned socks as an organic whole, be equipped with the elastic expansion section that wholly divide into preceding palm section and heel section two parts with the vamp on the vamp, elastic expansion section corresponds for the department of separation between sole anterior segment and the sole back end in the bottom surface piece district section, be equipped with the flexible cover of scalable change length between sole anterior segment and the sole back end, flexible cover covers and transfers the sign indicating number device and respectively with sole anterior segment, sole back end and bottom surface piece fixed connection.
The surface piece is formed with the welt, the surface piece includes the instep part, the side part and the heel part of both sides that correspond human foot and distinguish, the section of elastic expansion section at the surface piece is respectively for corresponding at both sides side part and extend to the border of welt.
The surface piece is formed with the welt, the surface piece includes the instep part, the side part and the heel part of both sides that correspond human foot and distinguish, the section of elastic expansion section at the surface piece is for starting to extend to the ground piece to both sides side part respectively from the instep part, with be connected at the section of ground piece.
The size-adjusting shoe further comprises an adjusting and shaping device movably connected to the surface sheet and used for shaping the elastic telescopic section, and the surface sheet is provided with a mounting structure for adjustably connecting the adjusting and shaping device.
The installation structure and the adjustment setting device are respectively arranged on two side surfaces of the installation structure and correspond to the elastic telescopic sections, the installation structure is provided with corresponding positioning belts on the side surfaces of two side edges of the elastic telescopic sections respectively, the adjustment setting device is a plastic sheet which is detachably connected with the two positioning belts, two ends of the adjustment setting device penetrate into the positioning belts on the corresponding sides respectively, and a plurality of hook parts used for hooking the two positioning belts after adjustment are arranged on the outer surface of the adjustment setting device at intervals.
One end of the positioning belt faces towards the shoe opening, the other end of the positioning belt faces towards the bottom sheet, two ends of the positioning belt are fixedly connected to the side portion respectively, the portion between the two ends and the side portion can be separated to form an interlayer cavity for the end portion of the adjusting and setting device to penetrate, one side, opposite to the two corresponding positioning belts, of the positioning belt is a penetrating opening for the end portion of the adjusting and setting device to penetrate, the hook portion is a left hook portion and a right hook portion, the left hook portion and the right hook portion are L-shaped hook arms, one arm end of each L-shaped hook arm is connected to the outer surface of the adjusting and setting device, a clamp opening capable of clamping a penetrating opening edge of the positioning belt is formed between the other arm of the L-shaped hook arm and the outer surface of the adjusting and setting device, and the clamp openings of the left hook portion and the right hook portion are arranged in opposite directions to clamp penetrating opening edges of the positioning belts of the corresponding sides respectively.
The installation structure and the adjusting and shaping device are arranged on two side surfaces of the installation structure and correspond to the elastic telescopic sections respectively, the installation structure is provided with a positioning belt on the side part of one side edge of each elastic telescopic section, the adjusting and shaping device is a plastic sheet, one end of the plastic sheet is fixedly connected to the side part of the other side edge of each elastic telescopic section, the other end of the plastic sheet spans across the elastic telescopic sections and can penetrate into the positioning belt in an adjustable and movable mode, and a plurality of hook parts used for hooking the positioning belt after adjustment are distributed on the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device at intervals.
One end of the positioning belt faces towards the shoe opening, the other end of the positioning belt faces towards the bottom sheet, two ends of the positioning belt are respectively and fixedly connected to the side portion, the portion between the two ends and the side portion can be separated to form an interlayer cavity for the end portion of the adjusting and shaping device to penetrate, one side of the positioning belt facing towards the elastic telescopic section is a penetrating opening for the end portion of the adjusting and shaping device to penetrate, the hook portion is an L-shaped hook arm, one arm end of the L-shaped hook arm is connected to the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device, and a clamp opening capable of clamping a penetrating opening edge of the positioning belt is formed between the other arm of the L-shaped hook arm and the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device.
Transfer the upper surface that sign indicating number device embedding set up at sole anterior segment and sole back end, flexible cover is U shape structure and includes the bottom surface section and upwards extends the side section that forms respectively by the both ends of bottom surface section, the relative both sides of the U shape of the constitution of bottom surface section and both sides side section form the side of being connected with sole anterior segment and sole back end respectively, bottom surface section and both sides side section have the extending structure who realizes flexible effect, and flexible adjustment direction corresponds the both ends and connects the side.
By adopting the technical scheme, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: the size-adjusting shoe vamp with the structure is a sock vamp which is integrally knitted, the complete sock vamp has no disjunction structure, and the production and manufacturing difficulty of the vamp is favorably reduced; the vamp of the non-breaking sock is seamless, the non-overlapping part feels comfortable to the foot of the foot, and the foot cannot be pressed; the length of the vamp is adjusted through the arrangement of the elastic telescopic section, the bottom surface piece of the vamp is shaped after adjustment through the sole and the code adjusting device, and the elastic telescopic section can stretch out and draw back to be suitable for the length of the foot to wrap the sole after the foot penetrates through the surface piece part; the above-mentioned two kinds of elastic expansion section positions that disclose set up different structures, and the homoenergetic reaches above-mentioned effect, and is comfortable and easy to wear. In addition, the above-mentioned adjustment setting device that is used for setting after vamp adjustment length that still discloses, the structure setting is easily realized, does benefit to the input production preparation, and adjustment setting device's adjustment easy operation is convenient, is difficult for the pine to take off, and above-mentioned structure can conveniently be favorable to promoting the design of outward appearance aesthetic feeling in addition.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a size-adjustable shoe related to the utility model.
Fig. 2 is another structural schematic diagram of a size-adjustable shoe related to the utility model.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an adjusting and shaping device in a size-adjustable shoe.
In the figure:
a sole 1; a front sole section 11; a rear sole section 12;
a vamp 2; an elastic expansion section 21; a half sole section 22; a heel section 23;
a shoe throat 24; an instep portion 25; the side portions 26; a heel portion 27;
a code adjusting device 3;
adjusting the shaping device 4; a hook portion 41; a left hook 411; a right hook portion 412; a clip opening 413;
a positioning belt 51; an interlayer cavity 52; an inlet 53;
a telescopic cover 6; a bottom surface section 61; a side section 62; connecting the side edges 63.
Detailed Description
In order to further explain the technical solution of the present invention, the present invention is explained in detail by the following specific examples.
The size-adjustable shoe disclosed by the embodiment comprises a sole 1, a vamp 2 and a size-adjusting device 3, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3.
The sole 1 comprises a separable front sole section 11 and a rear sole section 12.
The main improvement of the vamp 2 is that the vamp is a sock vamp formed by integral knitting, and an elastic telescopic section 21 is integrally formed on the sock vamp and can be divided into a surface piece (namely, a part exposed after being applied and produced to a shoe) and a bottom piece (namely, a part invisible after being applied and produced to the shoe) according to a use structure, wherein the surface piece is provided with a welt 24, the surface piece comprises a instep part, a side part 25, side parts 26 and a heel part 27, which are distinguished corresponding to a human foot, when in use, the bottom piece is connected to the sole 1 corresponding to the sole front section 11 and the sole rear section 12, and the elastic telescopic section 21 divides the vamp 2 into a half sole section 22 and a heel section 23. In this embodiment, fig. 1 and fig. 2 respectively show different arrangement modes of two elastic expansion sections 21, fig. 1 shows that the sections of the elastic expansion sections 21 on the surface sheet are respectively corresponding to two side surface parts 26 and extend to the edge of the welt 24, and this structure sets the welt 24 to realize that the welt 24 can be put into and spread and shrink to wrap the sole of a foot except for knitting formation, and can also realize the elasticity of the welt 24 through the elastic expansion sections 21; while the section of the surface piece of the elastically stretchable section 21 shown in fig. 2 is extended from the instep portion 25 to the two side portions 26 respectively to the bottom piece, and is connected to the section of the bottom piece, the structure is configured such that the welt 24 is not changed when the stretch adjustment is performed, and the above-mentioned effects can be achieved, and both can be applied in combination with the appearance design.
Transfer sign indicating number device 3 and set up and adjust the interval distance between the two on sole anterior segment 11 and sole back end 12, the elastic expansion section that is equipped with on the vamp, elastic expansion section 21 corresponds for the separation department between sole anterior segment 11 and the sole back end 12 at the bottom surface piece district, just can realize the effect of elastic expansion section 21, transfer sign indicating number device 3 and not the main improvement part of this case, just here just do not describe its detailed structure again, can refer to the structure that some transferred the sign indicating number device of chinese patent application disclose, or use current transfer sign indicating number device product.
In order to realize the effect that the vamp 2 can be shaped after being adjusted, the size-adjusting shoe further comprises an adjusting and shaping device 4 movably connected on the surface sheet and used for shaping the elastic telescopic section 21, the surface sheet is provided with a mounting structure 5 adjustably connected with the adjusting and shaping device 4, and the shaping effect after the vamp 2 is adjusted is realized through connection limitation of the adjusting and shaping device 4 and the mounting structure 5.
The code adjusting device 3 is embedded in the upper surfaces of the front sole section 11 and the rear sole section 12, a telescopic cover 6 is arranged between the front sole section and the rear sole section, as shown in the figure, the telescopic cover 6 has a U-shaped structure and comprises a bottom section 61 and side sections 62 formed by extending upwards from two ends of the bottom section 61, the opposite sides of the U-shape formed by the bottom section 61 and the side sections 62 form connecting sides 63 that are connected to the front sole section 11 and the rear sole section 12, the bottom surface section 61 and the two side sections 62 have a telescopic structure for realizing the telescopic function, the telescopic adjusting direction corresponds to the two connecting side edges 63, the telescopic structure can here be a meander-like structure, the telescopic action being achieved by a change of the meander angle, as shown in the figure, or the bottom surface section 61 and the two side sections 62 of the telescopic cover 6 are arc-shaped structures which are arched outwards, and the telescopic function is realized through the change of the arc radian.
Two different styling configurations are disclosed below for the first type of configuration disclosed above of the position of the elastically stretchable segment 21 on the vamp 2.
The first is that, as shown in fig. 1, the mounting structure 5 and the adjusting and shaping device 4 are respectively disposed on two side surface portions 26 corresponding to the elastic stretching section 21, the mounting structure 5 is that corresponding positioning belts 51 are respectively disposed on the side surface portions 26 on two side edges of the elastic stretching section 21, one end of each positioning belt 51 faces the shoe opening 24, the other end faces the ground piece, and both ends are respectively and fixedly connected to the side surface portions 26, a portion between the two ends is separable from the side surface portions 26 to form a sandwich cavity 52 for the end portion of the adjusting and shaping device 4 to penetrate through, and the opposite sides of the two corresponding positioning belts 51 are respectively a penetrating opening 53 for the end portion of the adjusting and shaping device 4 to penetrate through.
The adjusting and shaping device 4 is a plastic sheet detachably connected with two positioning belts 51, that is, two ends of the plastic sheet can movably penetrate into the positioning belts 51 on the corresponding sides, a plurality of hook parts 41 for hooking the two positioning belts 51 after adjustment are arranged at intervals on the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device 4, as shown in the figure, the hook part 41 is divided into a left hook part 411 and a right hook part 412, the left hook part 411 and the right hook part 412 are both L-shaped hook arms, one arm end of each L-shaped hook arm is connected to the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device 4, the other arm of the adjusting and shaping device 4 forms a clamp opening 413 which can clamp the edge of the penetrating opening 53 of the positioning belt 51, the clip openings 413 of the left side hook 411 and the right side hook 412 are arranged in opposite directions, therefore, after the end part penetrates into the positioning belt 51, the edge of the penetrating opening 53 of the positioning belt 51 on the corresponding side can be clamped by the left side hook part 411 and the right side hook part 412 respectively.
The second is that, the same mounting structure 5 and adjustment setting device 4 correspond the setting of elastic expansion section 21 respectively at both sides face part 26, mounting structure 5 is for being equipped with location area 51 on the side part 26 on one side of elastic expansion section 21, location area 51 one end is towards the welt, and the other end is towards the ground piece and both ends are fixed connection respectively on side part 26, and the part between both ends is separable with side part 26, forms the intermediate layer chamber 52 that supplies the tip of adjustment setting device 4 to penetrate, and location area 51 is for supplying the penetration mouth 53 that the tip of adjustment setting device 4 penetrated towards one side of elastic expansion section 21.
The adjusting and shaping device 4 is a plastic sheet, one end of the plastic sheet is fixedly connected to the side portion 26 on the other side of the elastic expansion section 21, the other end of the plastic sheet crosses over the elastic expansion section 21 and penetrates into the positioning belt 51 in an adjustable and movable manner, a plurality of hook parts 41 used for hooking the positioning belt 51 after adjustment are arranged on the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device 4 at intervals, each hook part 41 is an L-shaped hook arm, one end of each L-shaped hook arm is connected to the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device 4, and a clamp opening 413 capable of clamping the edge of the penetrating opening 53 of the positioning belt 51 is formed between the other arm of the L-shaped hook arm and the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device 4.
The second structure is not shown in the embodiment, but it is clear from the above that the second kind of positioning belt 51 is different from the first kind of positioning belt, which is provided on both sides of the elastic expansion section 21, and can be adjusted at one end or both ends during the adjustment operation, and the second kind of positioning belt is provided only on one side of the elastic expansion section 21; the difference between the setting of the adjusting and setting device 4 and the first type is that both ends of the first adjusting and setting device 4 are movable and detachable connection setting, the adjusting and setting device 4 can be conveniently replaced by the structure setting, and the second adjusting and setting device 4 is fixedly connected with one end, only one end needs to be adjusted, so that the adjusting and setting device 4 can be conveniently adjusted and operated, and the condition that the adjusting and setting device 4 is lost when falling can be avoided.
The above embodiments and drawings are not intended to limit the form and style of the present invention, and any suitable changes or modifications thereof by those skilled in the art should be considered as not departing from the scope of the present invention.

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1. A size-adjusting shoe comprises a sole with a separable front sole section and a rear sole section, a vamp connected to the sole corresponding to the front sole section and the rear sole section, and a size-adjusting device arranged on the front sole section and the rear sole section and used for adjusting the spacing distance between the front sole section and the rear sole section, wherein the vamp comprises a surface piece and a bottom piece; the surface sheet is provided with a welt, the surface sheet comprises an instep part, side parts on two sides and a heel part which are distinguished corresponding to the foot of a human body, and the sections of the elastic telescopic section on the surface sheet are respectively corresponding to the two side parts and extend to the edge of the welt; the size-adjusting shoe further comprises an adjusting and shaping device movably connected to the surface sheet and used for shaping the elastic telescopic section, wherein a mounting structure for adjustably connecting the adjusting and shaping device is arranged on the surface sheet, the mounting structure and the adjusting and shaping device are respectively arranged on two side surfaces of the surface sheet and correspond to the elastic telescopic section, the mounting structure is that corresponding positioning belts are respectively arranged on the side surfaces of the two side surfaces of the elastic telescopic section, the adjusting and shaping device is formed by detachably connecting a plastic sheet with the two positioning belts, two ends of the adjusting and shaping device respectively penetrate into the positioning belts on the corresponding sides, and a plurality of hook parts used for hooking the two positioning belts after adjustment are arranged on the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device at intervals;
or the surface sheet is provided with a welt, the surface sheet comprises an instep part, side parts at two sides and a heel part which are distinguished corresponding to the foot of a human body, the elastic telescopic section extends to the bottom sheet from the instep part to the two side parts respectively in the section of the surface sheet and is connected with the section of the bottom sheet, the size-adjusting shoe further comprises an adjusting and shaping device which is movably connected on the surface sheet and is used for shaping the elastic telescopic section, and the surface sheet is provided with a mounting structure which is adjustably connected with the adjusting and shaping device; the installation structure and the adjusting and shaping device are arranged on two side surfaces of the installation structure and correspond to the elastic telescopic sections respectively, the installation structure is provided with a positioning belt on the side part of one side edge of each elastic telescopic section, the adjusting and shaping device is a plastic sheet, one end of the plastic sheet is fixedly connected to the side part of the other side edge of each elastic telescopic section, the other end of the plastic sheet spans across the elastic telescopic sections and can penetrate into the positioning belt in an adjustable and movable mode, and a plurality of hook parts used for hooking the positioning belt after adjustment are distributed on the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device at intervals.
2. The size-adjusting shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning band has one end facing the opening and the other end facing the bottom sheet and both ends fixedly connected to the side sheet, respectively, the portion between the two ends being separable from the side sheet to form a sandwich cavity for the end of the sizing device to penetrate, one side of the corresponding two positioning belts is respectively a penetration port for the end part of the adjusting and setting device to penetrate, the hook part comprises a left hook part and a right hook part, the left hook part and the right hook part are both L-shaped hook arms, one arm tail end of each L-shaped hook arm is connected with the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device, a clamp opening which can clamp the edge of the penetration opening of the positioning belt is formed between the other arm of the positioning belt and the outer surface of the adjusting and shaping device, the clamp openings of the left side hook part and the right side hook part are arranged in opposite directions and are used for clamping the penetrating opening edges of the positioning belts on the corresponding sides respectively;
or, location area one end is towards the welt, and the other end is towards the ground piece and both ends difference fixed connection is on side portion, and part between the both ends is separable with side portion, forms the intermediate layer chamber that supplies the tip of adjusting the setting device to penetrate, location area is towards the penetrating mouth that one side of elastic expansion section penetrated for supplying the tip of adjusting the setting device, collude the portion and collude the arm for L type, and L type colludes an arm end-to-end connection at the surface of adjusting the setting device, forms the clamp mouth that can clip the penetrating mouth limit edge of location area between its another arm and the surface of adjusting the setting device.
3. The size-adjustable shoe as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the size-adjustable device is embedded in the upper surface of the front sole section and the rear sole section, the retractable cover is of a U-shaped structure and comprises a bottom section and side sections formed by extending two ends of the bottom section upwards respectively, two opposite sides of the U-shape formed by the bottom section and the two side sections form connecting sides respectively connected with the front sole section and the rear sole section, the bottom section and the two side sections have retractable structures for realizing retractable function, and the retractable adjustment direction corresponds to the two connecting sides.
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